THE SMASHING PUMPKINS ANNOUNCE FIRST SHOW SINCE 2000

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 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

ANNOUNCE FIRST SHOW SINCE 2000

AT THE HISTORIC GRAND REX IN PARIS;

BAND TO UNVEIL SONGS FROM UPCOMING ALBUM ‘ZEITGEIST’

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS are excited to announce their first live performance since December 2, 2000—a very special and intimate theatre show to take place May 22 in Paris, France at the historic and elegantly appointed Grand Rex.  Tickets will go on sale April 11.

This marks the first time The Smashing Pumpkins will unveil songs from the upcoming ZEITGEIST (Martha’s Music/Reprise), their sixth album and first of new material since 2000’s Machina/The Machines of God and the free, digital-only release Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music.  ZEITGEIST was produced by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, with Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Date working separately on various tracks, and represents the culmination of two years of work.

After the Paris show, The Smashing Pumpkins will headline major European festivals from May 28 at Holland’s Pinkpop festival through June 17 at Switzerland’s Greenfield Festival, returning to England August 24 (Leeds Festival) and August 26 (Reading Festival).  Stay tuned for more information about North American tour dates beyond the V Festivals confirmed in Washington, DC (August 5) and Toronto, ONT (September 8).

The Smashing Pumpkins have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in music history.  Formed in Chicago in 1988, they released Gish, their influential (and platinum) debut in 1991, which was followed by more platinum and multi-platinum albums including the nine-times platinum Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and the four-times platinum Siamese Dream.  The pivotal group’s many hits include “Disarm,” “Today,” “Cherub Rock,” “1979,” “Tonight, Tonight” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”–songs that defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation.

Catch up with the band at www.smashingpumpkins.com and www.myspace.com/smashingpumpkins.

Here are the initial tour dates:

Date:        City:                          Venue:
Tue 5/22    Paris, France          Grand Rex
Mon 5/28  Landgraaf, Neth.       Pinkpop (Near Heerlen)
Thu 5/31   Barcelona, Spain     Primavera Sound Festival
Sat 6/2      Nurburgring, Ger       Nurburgring Race Track
Sun 6/3     Nuremberg, Ger       Zeppelinfeld
Sat 6/9      Lisbon, Portugal       Super Rock
Tue 6/12   Madrid, Spain           Las Ventas
Fri 6/15     Nickelsdorf, Austria  Nova Rock
Sat 6/16    Imola (Venice), Italy  Heineken Jammin’ Festival
Sun 6/17   Interlaken, Swtz.        Greenfield Festival
Sun 8/5     Washington, DC       V Festival at Pimlico Park
Fri 8/24     Leeds, England        Leeds Festival
Sun 8/26   Reading, England    Reading Festival
Sat 9/8      Toronto, ON              V Festival

Tags: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS,  MUSIC, ROCK

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